S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 10/21

Endless Stimulus Talks With the stimulus talks being milked by politicians and wall street talking heads alike, the markets are stuck gyrating within a tight range with every headline about the imminent stimulus deal. Our models are sporting a mildly bearish bias – a daily close above 3500 is needed for any upside bias to (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 10/20

Stimulus Hope or Covid-19 Despair? Yesterday’s break down below our models’ level of 3485 has the models sporting a mildly bearish bias – a daily close above 3500 is needed for any upside bias to take hold. Between 3485 and 3390, our models would be mildly bearish. Below 3390, they would switch to an outright (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON 10/19

Choppy Trading Range Our models’ level of 3485 is in play again – a daily close below 3485 is needed for the upside pressure to subside. Below 3390, our models would switch to an outright bearish bias. Between 3390 and 3485, they would be mildly bearish. Read below to check out our models’ trading plans (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 10/16

The Bull Train Chugging Along The record retail sales this morning is steaming the bull train forward; never mind the worse than expected initial jobless claims yesterday. People are losing jobs and getting sick but buying – and will continue to buy – a lot of stuff? Nobody said markets are rational in the short (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 10/15

“Sell the News” Accelerating? Yesterday JP Morgan and today Morgan Stanley crushed the estimates! The earnings season kicked off this week with impressive earnings. Even Apple’s event gave rise to talks of “super cycle”. Yet, the market action is underwhelming at best. As we wrote in our morning trading plans yesterday, this is likely the (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for WED 10/14

Buy the Rumor, Sell the News? The earnings season kicked off this week with impressive earnings so far. Even Apple’s event gave rise to talks of “super cycle”. Yet, the market action is underwhelming at best. Likely the result of the “buy the rumor, sell the news” at play. In our Friday’s morning trading plans, (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for TUE 10/13

Earnings Season Started! In our Friday’s morning trading plans, we wrote: “Whatever may be one’s explanation – or, lack there of – for the market melt-up this week, the market has regained its upside bias and appears likely to close the week strong. It takes a daily close below 3390 to negate it”. If you (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for MON 10/12

If You Wondered What a Melt-up Meant In our Friday’s morning trading plans, we wrote: “Whatever may be one’s explanation – or, lack there of – for the market melt-up this week, the market has regained its upside bias and appears likely to close the week strong. It takes a daily close below 3390 to (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for FRI 10/09

Capping the Week with a Melt-up Whatever may be one’s explanation – or, lack there of – for the market melt-up this week, the market has regained its upside bias and appears likely to close the week strong. It takes a daily close below 3390 to negate it. 3410-3380 is the key range our models (more…)

S&P 500 MODEL TRADING PLANS for THU 10/08

The Bull Standing Its Ground…for Now Jobless claims worsening week by week, covid-19 getting worse, economy seems to be falling into an abyss…yet, the stock market is gunning back towards its all-time highs. Easy money flowing into stocks? Whatever may be your explanation, the market has regained its upside bias and it takes a daily (more…)